That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I have always felt that perhaps women have sometimes almost embraced the same values as men, and the same character as men,… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The way in which we can promote peace, is by promoting sustainable management of our resources, equitable distribution of these resources, and… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel frustration at the bureaucracy for not moving fast enough to deliver in the way that I would prefer. But… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I think [GMO] is one area where the is a need for legal regulations to make sure that companies - because at… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The government of Qatar, as I mentioned, has proposed to come and lease Kenya's Tana River delta in order to farm there.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Tradition sometimes excludes the girl child from inheriting; or single women may not want to be perceived as pursuing too much property.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
There is no reason why a company like Monsanto, for example, that is pushing GMOs, cannot go to Kenya, partner with the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk! — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
What I am trying to say is that they need to learn to rely on themselves and to learn from other people, and when… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
If Africa is left behind, she is going to continue pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, especially carbon. She's going to continue logging the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married or not.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
As a scientist I cannot say we don't want to hear anything about GMOs, because these are advances in science. But I think its… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
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